Basketball | Copa del Rey
The university coach travels from Murcia at the last minute to lead the team in the Copa del Rey quarterfinal match against Valencia Basket
Sito Alonso, the coach responsible for leading the Murcians to the promised land that for so many years resisted him, will finally be able to take charge of his team in their quarterfinal match at the Palacio de los Deportes in Granada. Sito, who contracted the virus on Thursday of last week and had to go through a difficult quarantine, was in serious doubt to the point that he did not join the university expedition on his way to the Nasrid city, he has tested negative Covid-19 this morning and right now he is traveling urgently from Murcia.
The coach will give orders from the sideline despite not having been able to direct any session in the last ten days, although he has supervised the preparation of his team via ‘online’ and has been in permanent contact with the board, the staff and the players.
Finally, the question about the appearance or not of the coach in the first cup date of the UCAM under the current format is resolved, and that is that, until this very morning, pessimism reigned about the presence of the coach that has led the UCAM to achieve this milestone being, in turn, the highest scoring team in the Endesa League.
Lata will not accompany you
His second-in-command, Óscar Lata, Sito’s trusted man par excellence throughout his career, has not suffered the same fate as the man from Madrid and will not be able to accompany the rest of the technical staff on this important day in history of the club. Lucas Pérez, a young 29-year-old from Cartagena, will be Sito’s right-hand man against the Valencians.